Crowd-pleasing basketball
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League fans Arlo McIntyre, Eben McIntyre and Jake Caruso, all of Charleroi, react to a 3-point shot during Tuesday’s first game at Marx’s Court Time Sports Cen...
McKeesport ready for Good Neighbor Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is celebrating what it means to be a “good neighbor.” For decades, the city has offered its Good Neighbor Day celebration on Fifth Avenue in downtown McKees...
Marjorie Ruth McLauchlan Metcalf – formerly of New Eagle
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By obits 
June 15, 2022
Marjorie Ruth McLauchlan Metcalf, formerly of New Eagle, Pa., passed away on June 9, 2022, at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Metcalf, who died in 2014. Ruth lived with...
Belle Vernon’s Kennywood picnic off
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the third year in a row, there will be no Belle Vernon Community Picnic at Kennywood. The community Kennywood picnic is a tradition in Belle Vernon area communitie...
Obituaries
By obits 
June 15, 2022
Nicholas William Evans, 27, of Belle Vernon, lost his battle with mental illness and passed away peacefully, surrounded by his sisters, on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at UPMC Hamot Hospital. He was born J...
Monessen searching for deputy treasurer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has been in need of a deputy treasurer since the retirement of Debbie Gregor in March. The position has been advertised multiple times and wh...
Local agencies provide help to Donora fire victims
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Area organizations have rallied to aid victims of Monday’s apartment building fire in Donora, donating clothes, gift cards, pet supplies and general hygiene ite...
Obituaries
By obits 
June 15, 2022
Lorraine A. Vercoe, 89, of Roscoe, died Monday, June 6, 2022. She was born Wednesday, June 8, 1932, in Belle Vernon, daughter of the late Charles and Ellen Burgan Oliphant. She loved to play cards and...
Fire strikes apartments in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Several residents of a downtown Donora apartment building are displaced following an early-morning fire that caused extensive damage to the structure and possib...
Opening night in the MVISBL
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
Two-time defending champion AMD Industries, led by head coach Bria Rathway, cruised to a win Monday over Cedarbrook as the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League launched its third season.
DeRosa insists Coronado intends to mine for coal in Forward Township
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Tom DeRosa said the prospect of Coronado Global Resources mining in Forward Township is anything but a hoax. The chairman supervisor told Forward Township re...
White Oak: Bookkeeping error found on gas costs
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With gas prices rising, Americans have been keeping a close eye on the cost per gallon — and have been forced to give their budgets a second look. To read the rest of ...
Young people encouraged to join Donora’s new Leo Club
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A new organization to get teenagers involved in the community is forming in Donora. Signups for the Donora Leo Club begin at noon Thursday at Donora Public Libr...
Wade lifts Monessen Florist to thrilling win
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Iyanna Wade made sure her Monessen Florist debut was a memorable one Monday night.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Indepen...
Defending champs roll in championship rematch, 70-46
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Eden Williamson and Marina Grado posted 16 points each for AMD as the two-time defending champions won their first Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League cont...
Evans leads Edward Jones
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The first win of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League season belongs to Edward Jones in the girls division. To read the rest of the story, please se...
Fish were biting at youth derby in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 13, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Fifty cents doesn’t go far in today’s economy. But children with two quarters in their pockets Saturday were able to buy themselves admission to a day full of fun and ...
Farmers market treats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 13, 2022
Heather Starcher got icy treats for her children, Ellie, 4, and Carter, 2, as the Monongahela Farmers Market opened Friday. They are from New Eagle.